Erasmus 2015-2016 Courses in English for Autumn Semester
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Course
Foreign Language (English)
The course focuses mainly on the categories of the English
verb such as tense, voice, aspect, non-finites, conditionals,
subjunctives. Each category is introduced in its formal
description, following up to meaning and usage
discussions. These are displayed in correlation with the
verb’s lexical meaning, textual requirements and certain
pragmatic considerations.
ECTS
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2.
Foreign Language in Business (English)
The course is designed to prepare students to use English in
a present or future work situation. Students will develop
English skills with a focus on business contexts and
environments, and they will learn vocabulary that is used
regularly in the business world. This course will help
practice and enrich communication skills by using English
in specific business settings and situations.
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3.
Company Economics
This course explores the economics and politics of public
policy to provide an analytic framework for considering
why, how, and with what success/failure government
intervenes in a variety of policy areas. Particular attention
will be paid to important policy issues relating to taxation,
social security, low-income assistance, health insurance,
education (both K-12 and higher ed), the environment, and
government deficits.
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4.
Marketing
This course provides an understanding of the roles of
marketing in the economy and the firm, and develops a
rationale for a marketing perspective as a guide to
organizational and individual actions. Topics covered are
the marketing environment, strategic planning, market
segmentation, product development, pricing, distribution,
promotion, consumer decision making, control, and
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marketing management.
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Mathematics
This course is designed to strengthen basic math skills.
Topics include properties, rounding, estimating,
comparing, converting, and computing whole numbers,
fractions, and decimals. Upon completion, students should
be able to perform basic computations and solve relevant
mathematical problems. A discussion of ratios, rates,
proportions, and applications of these topics will be
included
Information and Communication Technologies
This course provides students with a skills and knowledge
base in networking and IT applications areas of ICT and
the ability to apply practical solutions across ICT. It allows
students to develop skills in application development,
program design, systems analysis & design, networks,
web-design, and the implementation of technology.
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7.
Basics of Economy
This course meant to introduce students to economic
theory. The focus will be on concepts / theory / practical
application of economics broadly defined and not
mathematical problem solving. Additionally, emphasis will
be on historical processes of the development of key
economic ideas.
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8.
Basics of Management
The course seeks to introduce students to theories and
concepts of marketing
management, increase
knowledge and understanding of marketing terminology.
Course purpose – to develop students skills in marketing
analysis, by providing practice in assessing marketing
problems. Emphasis is placed on understanding of
marketing theories, as well as development and application
of decision-making skills. In order to achieve these
objectives, the course includes lectures, class discussions, a
group project and analysis of short business cases.
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9.
International Economics
The aim of the course is to develop competencies in the
field of international economics focusing on the differences
while developing business and executing managerial
functions in the multicultural micro and macro
environments. The interaction of international economics
and culture is well defined and serves the basis for further
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subject analysis: cross-cultural management, intercultural
communication, strategic planning, and organizing
international operations, making decision, motivating,
developing leadership, managing human resources in that
context. As a result of these studies competencies aimed to
provide systematic comprehension and analysis of
international economics principles are developed.
10.
Basics of Law Theory
This course gives a general overview of law and legal
systems. It covers the nature and sources of law, court
systems, and the substantive areas of constitutional law,
contracts, torts, criminal law, contracts, agency, and
property. This course is geared towards providing students
with the basic knowledge of all aspects of the law, critical
legal thinking, and a comparative approach to the civil and
common law systems. This course is a prerequisite for all
other Legal Studies courses.
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11.
European Union Law
The course provides basic knowledge about tasks, content,
development and implementation of the EU law. The legal
regulation of the common market and fundamental
freedoms of movement are the main subjects of the course.
It includes free movement of goods, workers, freedom to
provide services, freedom of establishment and free
movement of capital.
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12.
Business Law
The purpose of Business Law course is to make the
students familiar with legal aspects of commercial
relations.The students are expected to know the basics of
Contract Law, Torts, Property Law, Trade Law, Company
Law, Corporate Tax Law and to understand the Lithuanian
court system.
Personal Career Management
The aim of this course is to study theoretical and practical
issues of personal career planning, organizing and
management. In this course the students should get the
advanced knowledge about the motivation to develop
personal career in the age of globalization; should gain
skills in using personal features and knowledge about the
world of work; should learn to plan personal career using
career development methods. Main topics: theoretical
discussion on career development concepts; analysis of
main personal features and applying it to career
management; discussion about career management in
organizations of Lithuania and other countries. The course
includes lectures-discussions, considerations on self-study,
case study and group/individual project.
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13.
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14.
Security of Intellectual Property
The goal of the course is to provide the students with the
basic systems, terms and concepts of intellectual property
law, to present them the main theoretical problems in that
sphere of law and to make them able to use and handle the
provided concepts in their prospective legal practices.
Intellectual property law course provides a general survey
of intellectual property systems, terms and concepts of
intellectual property law, introduces students with the main
theoretical problems in that sphere of law and makes them
able to use and handle the provided concepts in their
prospective legal practices.
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